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Wychwood Brewery
Wychwood Brewery was a brewery and pub chain based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. The brand is currently owned by Carlsberg Britvic. Hobgoblin, a 5.2% abv brown ale, was the company's flagship brand.
Wychwood Brewery produced around 50,000 barrels (8,200,000 litres [2,200,000 US gal]) of cask ale each year, and was the United Kingdom's largest brewer of organic ales. Wychwood filtered and bottled beers are exported all over the world by their export partners Sovereign Beverage Company, to countries including North America, Germany, Sweden, France, Australia, Russia, Japan, Israel and Singapore.
The brewery was known for its character-based label artwork, inspired by the myths and legends surrounding the ancient Wychwood Forest.
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) closed the brewery in November 2023.
The brewery was sited at the old Eagle Maltings, built in 1841 to malt barley for Clinch's brewery which had an estate of seventy-one pubs in Southern England. In 1961, Courage bought Clinch's for its pub estate and closed down the brewery.
In 1983, part of the original Clinch's Eagle Brewery site was rented by Paddy Glenny, but named the brewing company Glenny Brewery. Chris Moss took his interest in exchange for a debt from Paddy and took over after Paddy Kenny moved away. In 1990, the Eagle was renamed the Wychwood Brewery after the ancient Wychwood Forest which borders Witney, at the same time the brewery moved to the Two Rivers Industrial estate still in Witney.
In 1993, 3i became a key investor in the business. In 1994 the brewery was moved back to the site taking on more of the old site.
In 2001, managing director Chris Moss died. 3i put the business up for sale. The brewery was acquired in 2002 by Refresh UK and its 29 Hobgoblin pubs were acquired by Balaclava. The Hobgoblin pubs went through difficult times with new owner Balaclava falling into administration in 2003, which was then acquired by Pubs 'N' Bars plc. Pubs 'N' Bars then itself fell into administration in 2009. The pubs were sold off separately, losing their Hobgoblin branding.
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Wychwood Brewery
Wychwood Brewery was a brewery and pub chain based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. The brand is currently owned by Carlsberg Britvic. Hobgoblin, a 5.2% abv brown ale, was the company's flagship brand.
Wychwood Brewery produced around 50,000 barrels (8,200,000 litres [2,200,000 US gal]) of cask ale each year, and was the United Kingdom's largest brewer of organic ales. Wychwood filtered and bottled beers are exported all over the world by their export partners Sovereign Beverage Company, to countries including North America, Germany, Sweden, France, Australia, Russia, Japan, Israel and Singapore.
The brewery was known for its character-based label artwork, inspired by the myths and legends surrounding the ancient Wychwood Forest.
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) closed the brewery in November 2023.
The brewery was sited at the old Eagle Maltings, built in 1841 to malt barley for Clinch's brewery which had an estate of seventy-one pubs in Southern England. In 1961, Courage bought Clinch's for its pub estate and closed down the brewery.
In 1983, part of the original Clinch's Eagle Brewery site was rented by Paddy Glenny, but named the brewing company Glenny Brewery. Chris Moss took his interest in exchange for a debt from Paddy and took over after Paddy Kenny moved away. In 1990, the Eagle was renamed the Wychwood Brewery after the ancient Wychwood Forest which borders Witney, at the same time the brewery moved to the Two Rivers Industrial estate still in Witney.
In 1993, 3i became a key investor in the business. In 1994 the brewery was moved back to the site taking on more of the old site.
In 2001, managing director Chris Moss died. 3i put the business up for sale. The brewery was acquired in 2002 by Refresh UK and its 29 Hobgoblin pubs were acquired by Balaclava. The Hobgoblin pubs went through difficult times with new owner Balaclava falling into administration in 2003, which was then acquired by Pubs 'N' Bars plc. Pubs 'N' Bars then itself fell into administration in 2009. The pubs were sold off separately, losing their Hobgoblin branding.